We might have another option on him in his contract like we did last year. Plays well enough/plays in enough games and his contact is automatically extended if we want to keep him.
Wiki is wrong, it misses his second loan spell with us as well as his third that was turned into a permanent move. Wiki also only includes league games in their appearance list. Soccerbase is far more reliable for appearances.
The argus are correct that yesterday was his 50th League start but...